Beckmann Sketchbook 37
Max Beckmann
1924-1928
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sketchbook with 18 sketches in graphite
Dimensions
book: 20.8 x 16.5 cm, 0.3 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in., 1/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.57.1-18
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...